Targeted by Traffickers – Ukrainian Refugees at High Risk of Exploitation
Over a month into the war in Ukraine, millions of people, mainly women and children, continue to flee their homes.
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Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others.
Spanish National Police detains 29 people for irregularly introducing Bolivian citizens into Spain through the look-alike method
Spanish National Police have arrested 29 people for irregularly introducing Bolivian citizens into Spain through the look-alike method. The detainees allegedly
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31 Bangladeshi citizens hidden in a truck with household appliances
A Romanian citizen, driving a truck registered in Romania, showed up for the border formalities, on the way out of
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Two guides, remanded in custody for migrant trafficking
As part of an action to prevent and combat illegal migration, the border guards from the Sânnicolau Mare Border Police
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38 migrants, hidden in a truck and two vans, found by Arad border police
Two 33-year-old Romanian citizens showed up for the border formalities, on the way out of the country. , respectively 42,
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Bulgarian Border police detained drivers transporting 11 foreigners
On March 24, border police officers from the Kalotina Police Department spotted four cars near the village of Razboishte, Godech
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Illegal border crossings into EU up 61% in first two months of 2022
The number of illegal border crossings at EU’s external borders in the first two months of 2022 rose 61% from
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Tire driver investigated after being discovered with 23 migrants hidden in the means of transport and five tons of smuggled tobacco
A Turkish citizen, driving a truck registered in Romania, showed up for the border formalities, on the way out of
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Spanish National Police dismantles a criminal organization that facilitated the irregular entry of Middle Eastern migrants into the United Kingdom
Agents of the National Police have dismantled in Torrelavega (Cantabria) an organization allegedly dedicated to facilitating the irregular entry into
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46 Migrants Discovered in Smuggling Attempt
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector’s Uvalde Station encountered 46 smuggled migrants in the back of a tractor-trailer
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Criminal Migrants Arrested in the US Rio Grande Valley
US Border Patrol agents arrested three Salvadoran gang members and a Guatemalan previously convicted of sexual abuse. On March 18,
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Seven Failed Smuggling Attempts Lead to 106 Arrests
US Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted seven migrant smuggling attempts resulting in 106 arrests. On the
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Human smuggling attempt in a tractor-trailer Intercepted by Laredo Sector Border Patrol Agents
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo North Station intercepted a human smuggling attempt involving a tractor-trailer north of
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Crackdown on human traffickers in France and Romania
The French National Police (Police Nationale), the Romanian Police (Poliția Română) and the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional), supported by
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Almost 6.5 Million People Internally Displaced in Ukraine: IOM
Almost 6.48 million people are displaced in Ukraine as a direct result of the war, according to a study by the
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US Border Patrol Arrests Multiple Criminal Migrants and Gang Members
Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector (RGV) agents arrested two previously convicted sex offenders and two gang members. On March
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IOM Warns of Increased Risk of Trafficking in Persons for People Fleeing Ukraine
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is worried about the risk of trafficking in persons as well as sexual exploitation
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U.S. Citizen Arrested Attempting to Smuggle Eight Undocumented Individuals
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents conducting anti-smuggling operations arrested a United States citizen attempting to smuggle eight undocumented individuals on
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